# 1969 Chicago White Sox season

The 1969 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 69th season in the major leagues, and its 70th season overall. They finished with a record of 68–94, good enough for fifth place in the newly established American League West, 29 games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.
The White Sox nearly left Chicago in 1969. White Sox owner Arthur Allyn, Jr. considered overtures from Bud Selig and other Milwaukee interests to move the club to County Stadium. Instead, he sold to his brother, John. The newly established Seattle Pilots would move there a year after their inaugural season.

## Offseason

* October 15, 1968: Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted from the White Sox by the Kansas City Royals as the 49th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
* December 5, 1968: Jack Fisher was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Pavletich and Don Secrist.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 49‍–‍32 | 39‍–‍42 |
| California Angels | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26 | 43‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Kansas City Royals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 28 | 36‍–‍45 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | 94 | .420 | 29 | 41‍–‍40 | 27‍–‍54 |
| Seattle Pilots | 64 | 98 | .395 | 33 | 34‍–‍47 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1969 American League recordsvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEP | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 10–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 11–1 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 13–5 |
| Boston | 8–10 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–12 |
| California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 9–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 9–9–1 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 3–9 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 8–4 | 3–9 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 4–8 |
| Cleveland | 5–13 | 6–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 3–15 |
| Detroit | 7–11 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–11 |
| Kansas City | 1–11 | 2–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 5–7–1 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–5 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 10–2 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 6–6 |
| New York | 7–11 | 7–11 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 8–9 | 8–10 | 7–5–1 | 2–10 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–6 | — | 13–5 | 8–4 |
| Seattle | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9–1 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | — | 7–5 |
| Washington | 5–13 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 15–3 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Luis Aparicio, SS
* Carlos May, LF
* Bill Melton, 3B
* Gail Hopkins, 1B
* Duane Josephson, C
* Buddy Bradford, RF
* Ken Berry, CF
* Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B
* Gary Peters, P

### Move to Milwaukee?

In 1969, the White Sox schedule in Milwaukee was expanded to include 11 home games (one against every other franchise in the American League at the time). Although those games were attended by slightly fewer fans (198,211 fans, for an average of 18,019) they represented a greater percentage of the total White Sox attendance than the previous year – over one-third of the fans who went to Sox home games in 1969 did so at Milwaukee County Stadium (in the remaining 70 home dates in Chicago, the Sox drew 391,335, for an average of 5,591 per game). Bud Selig felt this fan support lent legitimacy to his quest for a Milwaukee franchise, and he went into the 1969 owners meetings with high hopes.

### Notable transactions

* May 14, 1969: Sandy Alomar Sr. and Bob Priddy were traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Bobby Knoop.
* June 5, 1969: Rich Hinton was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Doug Adams, C | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .214 | 0 |
| Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B | 22 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .224 | 2 |
| Luis Aparicio, SS | 156 | 599 | 77 | 168 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 66 | 29 | .280 | 24 |
| Ken Berry, CF | 130 | 297 | 25 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 50 | .232 | 1 |
| Buddy Bradford, RF,CF | 93 | 273 | 36 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 75 | .256 | 5 |
| Ángel Bravo, CF | 27 | 90 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .289 | 2 |
| Chuck Brinkman, C | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .067 | 0 |
| Bob Christian, LF | 39 | 129 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 19 | .217 | 3 |
| Ron Hansen, 2B,1B,3B,SS | 85 | 185 | 15 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 25 | .259 | 2 |
| Woodie Held, OF,3B | 56 | 63 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | .143 | 0 |
| Ed Herrmann, C | 102 | 290 | 31 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 35 | .231 | 0 |
| Gail Hopkins, 1B | 124 | 373 | 52 | 99 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 50 | 28 | .265 | 2 |
| Duane Josephson, C | 52 | 162 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 17 | .241 | 0 |
| Bobby Knoop, 2B | 104 | 345 | 34 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 68 | .229 | 2 |
| Carlos May, LF,RF | 100 | 367 | 62 | 103 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 62 | 58 | 66 | .281 | 1 |
| Bill Melton, 3B,RF,LF | 157 | 556 | 67 | 142 | 26 | 2 | 23 | 87 | 56 | 106 | .255 | 1 |
| Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF | 93 | 240 | 21 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 24 | .258 | 1 |
| Rich Morales, 2B,SS | 55 | 121 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | .215 | 1 |
| José Ortiz, OF | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .273 | 0 |
| Don Pavletich, C,1B | 78 | 188 | 26 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 45 | .245 | 0 |
| Bob Spence, 1B | 12 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | .154 | 0 |
| Pete Ward, 1B,3B,RF,LF | 105 | 199 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 38 | .246 | 0 |
| Walt Williams, RF,LF | 135 | 471 | 59 | 143 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 33 | .304 | 6 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Gary Bell, P | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Cisco Carlos, P | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
| Paul Edmondson, P | 14 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .172 | 0 |
| Sammy Ellis, P | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 36 | 77 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | .182 | 0 |
| Tommy John, P | 33 | 79 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 27 | .114 | 0 |
| Bart Johnson, P | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .167 | 1 |
| Danny Lazar, P | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Bob Locker, P | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Danny Murphy, P | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jerry Nyman, P | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | .050 | 0 |
| Dan Osinski, P | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Gary Peters, P | 37 | 71 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | .169 | 0 |
| Fred Rath Sr., P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Don Secrist, P | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | 0 |
| Wilbur Wood, P | 76 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .000 | 0 |
| Billy Wynne, P | 20 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .122 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5450 | 625 | 1346 | 210 | 27 | 112 | 585 | 552 | 844 | .247 | 54 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Gary Bell | 0 | 0 | 6.28 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 38.2 | 48 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 25 | 26 |
| Cisco Carlos | 4 | 3 | 5.66 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 49.1 | 52 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 28 |
| Paul Edmondson | 1 | 6 | 3.70 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 87.2 | 72 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 43 | 46 |
| Sammy Ellis | 0 | 3 | 5.83 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 29.1 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 15 |
| Jack Hamilton | 0 | 3 | 11.68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Joe Horlen | 13 | 16 | 3.78 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 235.2 | 237 | 105 | 99 | 20 | 87 | 121 |
| Tommy John | 9 | 11 | 3.25 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 232.1 | 230 | 91 | 84 | 16 | 100 | 128 |
| Bart Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22.1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| Danny Lazar | 0 | 0 | 6.53 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20.2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 9 |
| Bob Locker | 2 | 3 | 6.55 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 22.0 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| Danny Murphy | 2 | 1 | 2.01 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 31.1 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| Jerry Nyman | 4 | 4 | 5.29 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 64.2 | 58 | 40 | 38 | 7 | 40 | 40 |
| Denny O'Toole | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dan Osinski | 5 | 5 | 3.56 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 60.2 | 56 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 28 | 27 |
| Gary Peters | 10 | 15 | 4.53 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 218.2 | 238 | 118 | 110 | 21 | 79 | 140 |
| Bob Priddy | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Fred Rath Sr. | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11.2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Don Secrist | 0 | 1 | 6.08 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 35 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| Wilbur Wood | 10 | 11 | 3.01 | 76 | 0 | 15 | 119.2 | 113 | 48 | 40 | 13 | 55 | 73 |
| Billy Wynne | 7 | 7 | 4.06 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 128.2 | 143 | 63 | 58 | 14 | 58 | 67 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 94 | 4.21 | 162 | 162 | 25 | 1437.2 | 1470 | 723 | 672 | 146 | 634 | 810 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tucson Toros | Pacific Coast League | Bill Adair |
| AA | Columbus White Sox | Southern League | Gary Johnson |
| A | Lynchburg White Sox | Carolina League | Stan Wasiak |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Tom Saffell |
| A-Short Season | Duluth–Superior Dukes | Northern League | Pel Austin |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Bruce Andrew |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton, Duluth-Superior